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000010395 100__ $$aJiao, Mingruo
000010395 24500 $$aNumerical Studies of Seismic Patterns and Failure Process in Relation to Heterogeneity of Rocks

000010395 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000010395 520__ $$2eng$$aSeismic pattern is one of the most promising subjects in earthquake prediction studies because it generates information about physical conditions such as the degree of heterogeneity in the source region of an impending large earthquake [1]. According to the statistical studies in nature, there exist three types of seismic patterns: (1) main shock-aftershock type, (2) foreshock-main shock-aftershock type, and (3) swarm type. The foreshock as a precursor can be used to predict a major earthquake. However, what makes the seismic patterns different? Many scientists investigate the seismic patterns through experimental or theoretical method [2]. However, the theoretical models are difficult to deal with the rocks with some discontinuities. Almost no convenient experimental method is available to obtain the stress field information and the progressive failure process image in heterogeneous rocks. Therefore, the physical mechanism of precursory occurrence is difficult to be fully understood. Numerical simulation can provide much information regarding the stress distribution and the failure-induced stress redistribution. In this work, a series of numerical model tests were performed to investigate the effects of the heterogeneity of rocks on the rock failure and induced seismic patterns using the Rock Failure Process Analysis code (RFPA2D). It suggested that rock failure with the different heterogeneity produces different seismic sequence types, similar to the above-mentioned statistical results in nature. That is, type (1) occurs in more homogeneous cases, (2) in moderately heterogeneous cases, and (3) in extremely heterogeneous cases. Besides, the numerical simulation displays that the non-linear behavior of rock deformation and failure mode are clearly influenced by the heterogeneity of rocks. With the increase of the degree of rock homogeneity, the macroscopic failure process presents obvious brittle behavior.

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000010395 653__ $$aNumerical simulation, heterogeneity, seismic pattern, rock failure

000010395 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000010395 720__ $$aJiao, Mingruo$$iJia, X.D.
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000010395 8564_ $$s277425$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/10395/files/S02-049.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: S02-049.
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